TikTok enters online shopping market
TikTok is “experimenting” with ecommerce as it begins allowing users to add links to their videos and bios directly to retail sites.
The short-form social media app, which has amassed…
Black Friday 2019 to see slowest growth on record “and may potentially even be completely flat”
Black Friday and Christmas trading peaks are unlikely to save online retail sales for the year coming significantly below expectations.
IMRG predicted at the start of 2019 that the online…
Shopify Q3 revenue grows 45%
Shopify has reported a 45 per cent rise in third quarter revenue to $390.6 million, ahead of guidance for revenue between $377 million and $382 million.
The Canadian e-commerce giant…
30% of retail sales to come through ecommerce by 2024
Ecommerce will account for 30 per cent of global retail sales by 2024, while physical store openings will nearly half.
According to a new report from Edge by Ascential, store…
Online retail sales see biggest fall since 2015
Online retail sales volumes in August saw the biggest monthly fall since 2015, leading to an unexpected decline in overall retail sales in the UK.
“Non-store” retailing, predominantly online shopping,…
30% of all ecommerce traffic comes from bots
Ecommerce retailers see more than 30 per cent of their traffic come from bots, as automated attacks on online retailers become more sophisticated.
Bot’s account for a staggering percentage of…
108,000 retail jobs lost to automation and ecommerce since 2011
Automation and ecommerce have cost the UK retail sector over 100,000 jobs since 2011, with further job losses expected. 108,000 sales and customers service jobs have been lost in the…
Zalando trials robots to pick shoe orders
TORU robots trialing at Zalando (Image: Zalando)
After a successful trial with two robots supporting Zalando employees at its Erfurt logistics centre, the online retailer will now begin a pilot…
StockX data breach exposes 6.8m users’ data
StockX admitted to the data breach after sending an email to all its users requiring them to change their passwords due to a “system update” on Thursday. The footwear retailer…
UK online retail sales grew 16% to £8.2bn over last year
UK online retail sales have jumped 16 per cent over the past year thanks to the continued popularity of online-only brands. Ecommerce retailers saw sales increase to £8.2 billion in…